1975 Davis Cup

The 1975 Davis Cup was the 64th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 55 teams would enter the competition, 32 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Americas Zone, and 11 in the Eastern Zone. Kenya made its first appearance in the tournament.

1975 Davis Cup
Details
Duration23 August 1974 – 21 December 1975
Edition64th
Teams53
Champion
Winning Nation Sweden
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Chile defeated South Africa in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, Australia defeated New Zealand in the Eastern Zone final, and Sweden and Czechoslovakia were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating Spain and France respectively.

In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Czechoslovakia defeated Australia and Sweden defeated Chile in the semifinals. Sweden then defeated Czechoslovakia in the final to win their first title and become the sixth nation to win the Davis Cup. The final was held at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden on 19–21 December.[1][2][3]

Americas Zone
Main article: 1975 Davis Cup Americas Zone

Preliminary rounds

Main Draw
SemifinalsFinal
 Colombia
bye
 Colombia
 South Africaw/o
 South Africaw/o
 Mexico

Preliminary rounds

Main Draw
Semifinals
20–22 December 1974		Final
10–12 January
 Chile
Santiago, Chile
bye
 Chile4
São Paulo, Brazil (clay)
 Brazil1
 Brazil3
 Argentina2

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Chile vs. South Africa


Chile
5		 Santiago, Chile[4]
18–20 July 1975
South Africa
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Chile
South Africa		 Patricio Cornejo
Bernard Mitton		 4
6 		6
4		 6
2		 7
5		    
2 Chile
South Africa		 Jaime Fillol
Ray Moore		 6
3		 6
3		 0
6 		3
6 		6
3		  
3 Chile
South Africa		 Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol
Frew McMillan / Ray Moore		 7
5		 6
2		 6
4		      
4 Chile
South Africa		 Jaime Fillol
Bernard Mitton		 2
6 		6
2		 3
6 		6
1		 7
5		  
5 Chile
South Africa		 Patricio Cornejo
Ray Moore		 6
3		 6
4		 4
6 		6
3		    

Eastern Zone
Main article: 1975 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

Final

New Zealand vs. Australia


New Zealand
0		 Stanley Street, Auckland, New Zealand[5]
28 February–2 March 1975
Grass
Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 New Zealand
Australia		 Brian Fairlie
John Newcombe		 5
7 		3
6 		5
7 		     
2 New Zealand
Australia		 Onny Parun
Ken Rosewall		 2
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3 New Zealand
Australia		 Brian Fairlie / Onny Parun
Geoff Masters / John Newcombe		 4
6 		4
6 		5
7 		     
4 New Zealand
Australia		 Brian Fairlie
Ken Rosewall		 1
6 		11
9		 5
7 		7
9 		   
5 New Zealand
Australia		 Onny Parun
Geoff Masters		 6
3		 10
8		       not
completed

Europe Zone
Main article: 1975 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Pre-qualifying round
Pre-qualifying round
23–25 August 1974
Tehran, Iran
 Iran5
 Lebanon0
Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
 Israel5
 Luxembourg0

Preliminary rounds

Main Draw
Quarterfinals
9–18 May		Semifinals
18–20 July		Final
25–27 July
 Romania
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
bye
 Romania2
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
 Spain3
 Spain3
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
 Great Britain2
 Spain2
West Berlin (clay)
 Sweden3
 West Germany2
Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay)
 Sweden3
 Sweden3
 Soviet Union2
bye
 Soviet Union

Final

Spain vs. Sweden


Spain
2		 Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[6]
25–27 July 1975
Clay
Sweden
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Sweden		 Manuel Orantes
Birger Andersson		 6
1		 6
3		 6
4		      
2 Spain
Sweden		 José Higueras
Björn Borg		 3
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
3 Spain
Sweden		 Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg		 6
4		 6
3		 6
1		      
4 Spain
Sweden		 Manuel Orantes
Björn Borg		 4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
5 Spain
Sweden		 José Higueras
Birger Andersson		 6
3		 4
6 		3
6 		0
6 		   

Pre-qualifying round
Pre-qualifying round
23 August–14 September 1974
Lagos, Nigeria (hard)
 Nigeria5
 Kenya0
Istanbul, Turkey
 Turkey3
 Ireland2

Preliminary rounds

Main Draw
Quarterfinals
16–25 May		Semifinals
20–22 June; 18–20 July		Final
25–27 July
 Czechoslovakia
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
bye
 Czechoslovakia4
Cairo, Egypt
 Hungary1
 Egypt2
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 Hungary3
 Czechoslovakia3
Paris, France (clay)
 France2
 France3
Paris, France (clay)
 Yugoslavia0
 France3
 Italy2
bye
 Italy

Final

Czechoslovakia vs. France


Czechoslovakia
3		 Prague, Czechoslovakia[7]
25–27 July 1975
Clay
France
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
France		 Jan Kodeš
Patrice Dominguez		 6
1		 6
4		 1
6 		6
0		    
2 Czechoslovakia
France		 Jiří Hřebec
François Jauffret		 6
4		 4
6 		6
3		 2
6 		6
0		  
3 Czechoslovakia
France		 Jiří Hřebec / Jan Kodeš
Patrice Dominguez / Patrick Proisy		 3
6 		6
3		 4
6 		6
1		 3
6 		 
4 Czechoslovakia
France		 Jiří Hřebec
Patrice Dominguez		 6
4		 3
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   
5 Czechoslovakia
France		 Jan Kodeš
François Jauffret		 6
1		 7
5		 6
1		      

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw
Semifinals
19–28 September		Final
19–21 December
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
EUR-B Czechoslovakia3
Stockholm, Sweden (indoor carpet)
EAS Australia1
EUR-B Czechoslovakia2
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
EUR-A Sweden3
AME Chile1
EUR-A Sweden4

Semifinals

Sweden vs. Chile


Sweden
4		 Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[8]
19–21 September 1975
Clay
Chile
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Chile		 Björn Borg
Patricio Cornejo		 3
6 		6
4		 7
5		 6
3		    
2 Sweden
Chile		 Birger Andersson
Jaime Fillol		 3
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
3 Sweden
Chile		 Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol		 7
5		 6
2		 3
6 		6
3		    
4 Sweden
Chile		 Birger Andersson
Patricio Cornejo		 6
3		 14
12		 6
1		      
5 Sweden
Chile		 Björn Borg
Jaime Fillol		 6
1		 6
2		 6
1		      

Czechoslovakia vs. Australia


Czechoslovakia
3		 Štvanice Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia[9]
26–28 September 1975
Clay
Australia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
Australia		 Jan Kodeš
John Alexander		 6
4		 2
6 		7
5		 6
4		    
2 Czechoslovakia
Australia		 Jiří Hřebec
Tony Roche		 3
6 		4
6 		6
1		 6
3		 6
3		  
3 Czechoslovakia
Australia		 František Pála / Vladimír Zedník
John Alexander / Phil Dent		 3
6 		6
3		 2
6 		3
6 		   
4 Czechoslovakia
Australia		 Jan Kodeš
Tony Roche		 6
3		 6
1		 6
4		      
5 Czechoslovakia
Australia		 Jiří Hřebec
John Alexander		 6
8 		3
6 		6
1		 6
6		   not
completed

Final

Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia


Sweden
3		 Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden[3]
19–21 December 1975
Carpet (indoors)
Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Czechoslovakia		 Björn Borg
Jiří Hřebec		 6
1		 6
3		 6
0		      
2 Sweden
Czechoslovakia		 Ove Bengtson
Jan Kodeš		 6
4		 2
6 		5
7 		4
6 		   
3 Sweden
Czechoslovakia		 Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
Jan Kodeš / Vladimír Zedník		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
4 Sweden
Czechoslovakia		 Björn Borg
Jan Kodeš		 6
4		 6
2		 6
2		      
5 Sweden
Czechoslovakia		 Ove Bengtson
Jiří Hřebec		 6
2		 3
6 		1
6 		4
6 		   

Controversy

The Inter-Zonal Zone semifinal between Sweden and Chile was played on 19–21 September in Båstad, Sweden, two years after Augusto Pinochet's military coup in Chile. Many people in Sweden wanted the match to be cancelled, in protest of the junta's violations of human rights, however others wanted sport and politics to remain separated.

Chilekommittén mobilised protests against the match. The call for the manifestation was issued on July 30, 1975. The slogan of the protests was Stoppa matchen! ('Stop the match'). About 7,000 people took part in the protest. Hundreds of balloons, with names of political prisoners were released in the vicinity of the match venue, guarded by a police force of 1,300. Through Chilean sports commentators on site, news about the protests reached Chile. A special issue of Chilebulletinen was produced for the protests, with 20,000 copies.

The then governing Swedish Social Democratic Party didn't take part in the protests on September 20. A protest march was instead organized in Båstad by the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League on September 18, ending at the town square, where former prime minister Tage Erlander and Sweden's former ambassador to Chile Harald Edelstam (who personally helped rescue over 1,200 political prisoners in Chile after the 1973 coup) addressed a crowd of some 3,000.

Olof Palme's government tried to stop the match, but on September 12 negotiations ended with a decision to play. During the game on September 20, which was guarded by 1,300 police, over 7,000 demonstrators gathered peacefully on the square.[10] The match was played behind closed doors with no spectators present.[11]

See also

References
  1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. Christian Dahlgren (15 January 2009). "Björn Borg på nervigt uppdrag" (in Swedish). Östgöta Correspondenten. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  3. "Sweden v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  4. "Chile v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  5. "New Zealand v Australia". daviscup.com.
  6. "Spain v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  7. "Czechoslovakia v France". daviscup.com.
  8. "Sweden v Chile". daviscup.com.
  9. "Czechoslovakia v Australia". daviscup.com.
  10. Anno 75 (1976), Årskalender utgiven av Förlagshuset Norden AB, Malmö, och Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, pp. 35, 36.
  11. Hodgkinson, Mark (5 March 2009). "Singer calls tune as fans banned from Sweden's Davis Cup clash with Israel". telegraph.co.uk. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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